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We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.\nAbout the Role\nThis role is all about engineering execution of complex aircraft from concept to flight with a strategic mindset. In a typical week you might write a staffing plan, settle a priority conflict between two programs, and work an integration problem on the hangar floor.\nProgram Execution\nWork with the leadership team to understand the integrated roadmap.\nTranslate priorities into clear direction for each engineering team: what matters most, what can wait, and why.\nDrive execution on UAS programs, including customer milestones, deliverables, and program reviews.\nPartner with engineering leaders to define quick-turn hardware build sequences and the build/test/iterate cadence.\nIdentify cross-system dependencies and risks early, and take issues found in build or test to root cause and closure.\nOwn the integrated schedule, critical path, and build plan across structures, propulsion, flight controls, avionics, electrical, and thermal.\nDevelop headcount and staffing plans across the UAS org. Match skills to program needs, find gaps, and work with recruiting to close them.\nBuild and manage program budgets, tracking actuals against plan and forecasting needs for capital, materials, and test.\nManage builds end to end: hardware readiness, procurement and supplier dependencies, build-up, ground test, and test readiness.\nBe willing to do whatever the program needs: work an interface issue with a design engineer, chase a long-lead part, write the first draft of a requirements document, or stand up a test readiness review.\nOperating Rhythm\nRun program update meetings that are decision-oriented, and focused on actions.\nWrite short, clear communication for each audience: executive summaries up, alignment with peers across functions, and clear direction down to the teams.\nBuild nimble and necessary program management processes, tools, and cadences the UAS org will carry from early prototypes into larger, more mature programs.\nWhat You Need\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.\n5-10 years of engineering experience delivering complex hardware products, with a strong systems integration background. Aerospace, automotive, robotics, energy, or any other industry with large, complex systems all count.\nDemonstrated experience integrating multiple subsystems into a complete vehicle, aircraft, or system.\nA track record of building and managing cross-functional schedules with many dependencies, and of delivering hardware milestones against them.\nExperience with roadmapping and prioritization: deciding what to build and in what order, grounded in market, customer, and business needs.\nHands-on experience with headcount planning, budget management, and build or production planning.\nThe ability to work alongside design and build teams to troubleshoot and resolve problems directly, rather than only tracking them.\nStrong written and verbal communication, including briefing senior leadership and driving alignment across engineering teams without direct authority.\nA builder's mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, quick to learn new domains, and eager to fill gaps.\nBonus Requirements\nAdvanced degree in engineering\nExperience on a clean-sheet, demonstrator, subscale, or experimental aircraft or vehicle program.\nEnd to end program management experience delivering a complex hardware system\nExperience with government or defense programs, such as customer program reviews, contract deliverables, and milestone-based funding.\nProduct management or product strategy experience in a hardware company.\nFamiliarity with uncrewed aircraft systems, autonomy, or hybrid-electric propulsion.\nHands-on experience with aircraft build-up, ground test, and flight test support.\nAt Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $172,800 - $227,600. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. \nArcher is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.\nInformation collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Archer's Candidate Privacy Policy.\nCertain positions may be eligible for visa sponsorship.\nArcher is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.\nArcher Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to . 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